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Chapter 9: The Fate of the Trumptilla & the Royal Air Force

The Kingdom of Palm Beachonia

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Jun 28, 2025
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Trumptilla standoff at sea with customs and the coast guard, Palm Beachonia flags

Chapter 9: The Fall of the Trumptilla & the Royal Air Force

Circle the Boats

By early November 2025, the Kingdom of Palm Beachonia had settled into a familiar pattern of defiance, inflation, and minor fuel leaks.
King Donald I, now ruling mostly from the floating royal barge USS Loyalty Plus, maintained a loose blockade of himself with a rotating flotilla of yachts, bass boats, and inflatable pontoons known as the Trumptilla.

The Trumptilla was many things—loud, sunscreen-slicked, flag-drenched—but above all, it was mobile.

And that had become a problem.

Reports began trickling in that the Trumptilla was:

  • Releasing boats into U.S. waters under cover of night,

  • Importing goods via jet ski convoys, and

  • Attempting to evade the $10,000 TRiPS fee by claiming diplomatic immunity through monogrammed beach towels that read:

“Kingdom Pass — HONOR THY TIKI BAR.”

That’s when the U.S. Government stepped in with something it had…

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